seordán

Irish

Alternative forms

• seorsán, sordán
• seórdán, siúrdán, sórdán (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃoːɾˠˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/, [ʃoːɾˠˈd̪ˠɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːɾˠd̪ˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔːɾˠd̪ˠanˠ/

Noun

seordán m (genitive singular seordáin, nominative plural seordáin)

1. whirr (sibilant buzz or vibration)
2. rustling

   Synonyms: siosarnach, sioscadh

Declension

Declension of seordán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative seordán seordáin Vocative a sheordáin a sheordána Genitive seordáin seordán Dative seordán seordáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an seordán na seordáin Genitive an tseordáin na seordán Dative leis an seordán don seordán leis na seordáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seordán	sheordán after an, tseordán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “seordán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sordán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “seordán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 637
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seordán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15